Andhra Pradesh State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at St.Paul’s High School, Hyderabad on 26th July

The next Andhra Pradesh State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held at St.Paul’s High School, Hyderabad from July 26 to July 29.

Photos courtesy The Hindu and aptabletennis.org

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Lagos International Table Tennis Classic in August

The Lagos International Table Tennis Classic will be held from August 26 to 31 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas of the Teslim Balogun Stadium. The tournament will have $ 40, 000 as prize money, the biggest in Africa. It is an ITTF sanctioned event.

The tournament is being organized jointly by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) and Main Organising Committee (MOC) of Lagos International Sports Classics.

 Wahid Oshodi and Khaled El-Salhy are encouraging the organization of the tournament.

Table Tennis opportunities in Sussex Table Tennis league

The North Mundham club is looking for promising players to represent them in this season's matches at the South West Sussex league. The club has recently bagged an additional match night for the coming season. Other clubs are also likely to have opportunities open to Table Tennis players.

The league is divided into three divisions based on the playing strength. 

(Photo courtesy www.sussextta.co.uk)

Reverend Richmond Quarcoo resigns as head of Ghana Table Tennis chairman

Reverend Richmond Quarcoo has resigned as the head of the Ghana Table Tennis association, citing reasons of interests elsewhere. Reverend Quarcoo had taken over from Ebo Bartels in May 2010.

During Reverend Quarcoo's tenure, the national team took part in different tournaments including the 5th West African Table Tennis championships where Ghana won nine medals.

(Photo of Ghana Table Tennis players courtesy of the ITTF)

Goa Table Tennis - Panjim Table Tennis club beats Regal Electrotech

Panaji TT club, sponsored by Hotel Manoshanti, won the Angley's Cup Table Tennis team title. The tournament was held in the Gymkhana Hall.

Goa top player, P Adarsh won both his singles matches but this did not help Regal Electrotech as Amit Naik came back from 1-2 down to win a thrilling decider.

Results:
Amit Naik lost to P Adarsh
Diljeet Velingkar beat Myron Pereira
Noel Noronha beat Noel Estibeiro
Diljeet Velingkar lost to P Adarsh
Amit Naik beat Myron Pereira

Table Tennis tournaments July 4th weekend at California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, New Jersey, Arizona, Michigan

Illinois

Schaumburg Summer Open     Schaumburg    IL    7/27/2013

California

LATTA Open     El Monte    CA    7/27/2013

North Carolina

9th Butterfly Cape Fear Open     Fayetteville    NC    7/27/2013

New Jersey

LYTTC July Open     Dunellen    NJ    7/27/2013 - 7/28/2013

Texas

Waco Table Tennis Annual Round Robin Tournament     Waco    TX    7/27/2013

Arizona

2013 Arizona Sizzler Open     Phoenix    AZ    7/27/2013 - 7/28/2013

 Michigan

2013 Northern Open on JOOLA North America Tour     Detroit    MI    7/27/2013 - 7/28/2013

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Table Tennis tournaments this weekend in Pennsylvania, Kansas, Florida, Colorado, Illinois, New York

New York

Westchester 2013 July Open     Pleasantville    NY

Pennsylvania

SportsFest XVII CANCELLED     Allentown    PA    7/20/2013

Kansas

Sunflower State Games     Topeka    KS    7/20/2013

Florida

Pensacola's 13th Annual Summer Open     Pensacola    FL

Colorado


2013 Rocky Mountain State Games     Colorado Springs    CO

Illinois

Champaign Butterfly Open Summer Giant Round Robin     Champaign    IL

South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships

Good luck to all the promising Indian Juniors at the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at New Delhi. India is the top favorite to top the medals tally. 

Competitions will be held in the Team, Singles, and Doubles categories in the Cadet and Junior age groups. From India, top world ranked players such as Manika Batra (World No 27), Sutirtha Mukherjee (35), Sagarika Mukherjee (Cadet World No. 24), Anirban Ghosh (Cadet World No. 33), Birdie Boro (Cadet World no 65), Lalrin Puia (Cadet World No. 85), Sudhanshu Grover (90), and Abhishek Yadav (152) are participating.

Participants are as follows: 

Boys:

Sudhanshu Grover, Abhishek Yadav, Utkarsh Gupta, Birdie Boro, Anirban Tuks Ghosh, Lalrin Puia, K R Rohit

Girls:

Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Reeth Rishya, Ayhika Mukherjee, Sagarika Mukherjee, CALANGE RAVICHANDRAN Harsha V, Akula Sreeja.

TTFI moving up the ATTU and ITTF ladder

India's clout in the World of Table Tennis is increasing exponentially.

Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) Secretary General, Mr Dhanraj Choudhary, has been re-elected as the Honorary Treasurer of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) at the General Council Meeting of the Asian body. Former Table Tennis great Cai Zhenhua of China and  Tony Yue of Hong Kong were elected President and secretary general.

It is worth noting that Dhanraj Choudhary was recently elected to the Board of Directors of ITTF at the Paris World Championships venue.

Other TTFI officials who earned terms on the ATTU were TTFI President Mr P C Chaturvedi (elected to General Council as member), TTFI Sr Vice President Mr Rajeev Bodas (nominated as Chairman of the Coaching and Junior Committee).

Ganeshan Neelakant Iyer, who has proven his mettle by conducting several international events as chief referee in India as well as abroad, was nominated to the Technical Committee as a full member.

These developments are very important for Table Tennis in India

56th European Youth Table Tennis Championships at Ostrava, Czech Republic

The premier championships for European youth players has started at Ostrava on 12th July and will run up to 21st July.

Live matches can be followed at the following location for day 10:

(Note: The URL changes for each day of the competition.)
http://www.laola1.tv/en/int/table-tennis/ettu/ettu-european-youth-championships-day-10/video/524-0-124861.html

Photo courtesy ettu.tv

Iulia Necula, Steve Rowe, Ryan Jenkins popularize Aerobic Table Tennis

Aerobic Table Tennis was started at Wigan in Greater Manchester by Steve Rowe. It is rapidly gaining popularity, especially with Olympian Iulia Necula and Ryan Jenkins making efforts to spreading it even more. Other backers include English No. 1 Liam Pitchford, Kelly Sibley, and Hannah Hicks.

Ryan Jenkins recently conducted a session where 600 girls participated! A web site dedicated to Aerobic Table Tennis has been launched recently.

If you are looking for other Table Tennis based fitness programs in your own area, do write to editor@tabletennisbug.com
Light, medium, and heavy training sessions are available in every region.


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Table Tennis reality show in China, Who is the King!

Table Tennis is so popular in China that it is not only the National sport, it is popular enough to deserve a reality show on prime time television!

Recently, the Table Tennis reality show completed it's first season. The show aims at giving a good chance to upcoming players in China.

Watch an episode here:



Video by MrTheportal

4th Lokmanya Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament

Hurry! Last date for 4th Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament, Belgaum is July 16 (today).

Tournament starts on 20th.

Chief referee - Henry S George 9880254195 and 9880254195.
email: gega37@rediffmail.com

Source: Sangam

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Table Tennis tournament at Mumbai MIG Cricket Club, Bandra

Mumbai Table Tennis tournament at MIG Cricket Club, Bandra.

Dates - 19 July to 22 July.

Last date for entries - 16 July.

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2013 Hong Kong Junior and Cadet Open

The ITTF premium tournament, Hong Kong Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis tournament will be held from August 7th to August 11th.

Local players include Minnie Soo Wai Yam.

Andy Murray emulates Perry who was also a World Table Tennis Champion!

Murray ended the 77 year old Wimbledon title drought by emulating Fred Perry.

Did you know that Perry was a World Table Tennis Champion before he started winning Grand slam Lawn Tennis titles?

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Harmeet Desai to play Xu Xin tomorrow at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Busan

Young Harmeet Desai will face World No. 1 Xu Xin in the third round of the Asian Championships at Busan. The match will be played tomorrow at 10:30 AM India time.

Ankita Das beat players from Vietnam and Korea to reach the pre-quarterfinals.

Sharath Kamal is in good nick but has a tough opponent in Zhou Yu of China. Zhou survived a tough 2nd round battle battle.
Amalraj will play against Jian Tianyi and Sanil Shetty will face off against Kenta Matsudaira.

Soumyajit Ghosh was unfortunate to run into a world beater in the 2nd round and lost to Cho Eon Rae (World top 50 player)

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ITTF World Tour Table Tennis tournament at Las Vegas

Vegas!

Las Vegas is hosting the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour, US Open, Americas Challenge Series from 03 Jul 2013 - 06 Jul 2013.

Indian names in the official entry list - Pooja Sahasrabudhe, Divya Deshpande, G Sathiyan and Jubin Kumar.

Aman Balgu to meet Noel Pinto; Shweta meets Charvi in the JVPGC All Mumbai Ranking Table Tennis tournament finals

Aman Balgu will meet Noel Pinto in the Men's finals of the JVPGC All Mumbai Ranking Table Tennis tournament. In the women's finals, Shweta Parte will take on Charvi Kawle.

Results:

Men's semi-finals
Aman Balgu beat Nishaad Shah
7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 


Noel Pinto beat Eric Fernandes
7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5

India fights it out in the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Busan

India faced China in the Quarterfinals of the Men's team event at the Asian Table Tennis Championships at Busan, Korea. Amalraj gave a decent fight to Yan An in the third singles.

China fielded a new gen team with Ma Long as the backbone. Sharath lost to Fan Zhendong and Soumyajit to Ma Long.

It is good to see that Indian TT players are consistently meeting world class players. It surely means that progress is being made and they are only being stopped by the best.

Meanwhile, some stand-out performances by Indian women players at the Asian Table Tennis Championships:

Mouma Das put up a spirited fight against World No. 2 Liu Shiwen.
Neha Aggarwal played true to her strength throughout the team event matches.

Henzell and Miao Miao crowned Oceania Cup champions

(Photos courtesy of the ITTF)

William Henzell and Miao Miao beat David Powell and Li Chunli respectively to win the Oceania Cup at Bendigo Australia. This was Henzell's third consecutive victory.

While Henzell beat Powell fairly easily, Miao Miao had to battle back from 1-3 down against the experienced Chunli. The win for Miao Miao also meant that she earned a ticket to the Women's World Cup to be held at Kobe, Japan in September. Similarly, Henzell gets to compete at the Men's World Cup at Verviers, Belgium in October.

Results:

Men's singles finals:

William Henzell bt David Powell 15-13, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 11-1

Women's singles finals:

Miao Miao bt Li Chunli  5-11, 11-13, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11 11-9

Martand, Shweta win Men's and Women's titles at Nanded

Martand Biniwale and Shweta Parte won the Men's and Women's titles at the 1st Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis tournament held at Nanded.

Other notable winners were Devika Bhide, who won the Junior girls singles title and reached the women's singles finals. Siddhesh Pande belied his age and created waves in this tournament in different age group competitions.

From our FB page: Menas Jagadish

Priyanka creates record at the Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Ajmer

Priyanka Pareek of Churu, Rajasthan

Priyanka Pareek of Churu won an unprecedented 4 titles (Sub Juniors, Juniors, Youth, and Women's) titles at the Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Ajmer! A big round of cheers for her!!!

Vivek Bhargava won the Youth and Men's titles. The Men's final match was an edge of the seat affair with Vivek prevailing over International Sudhanshu Grover, coming back from 0-3 down to win 15-13 in the seventh game!

We'll publish the full list of winners soon.

Abu Dhabi Table Tennis Association the 4th Battle

Abu Dhabi Table Tennis Association The 4th Battle ZAYED HIGHER ORGANIZATION Mafraq Abu Dhabi UAE will commence on 28th June, 2013.

A total of over 135 participants will battle for honours. The tournament is divided into 4 classes, A, B, B+, and C. Please attend the tournament and encourage the participants.

Class A participants list:
Class A
1. Henna Naresh Mohnani(Dubai Indian Club)
2. Kunmo Koo(ADTTA)
3. Othello M. Borromeo(Team Sharjah)
4. Patrick(Dubai)
5. Thomas(ADTTA)
6. Aqeel Ahmed(Team Sharjah)
7. Rex Bolivar(Dubai ASTTIG)
8. Mazen Kalach(Dubai)
9. Jonathan Zaragosa(Dubai ASTTIG)
10. Leo(ADTTA)
11. Richard Ike Lim(ADTTA)
12. Joel Gundao(ADTTA)
13. Jaymee Yanga(ADTTA)
14. Ron Vose (ADTTA)
15. Kamal Muludi (ADTTA)
16. Norsky Bongat(Team Sharjah)
17.Denzio Espino(IAFTTA)
18.Koshi Hamada(ADTTA)
19.Bryan Dabuet(KSA)
20.Cyril Pecina(TEAM SHARJAH)
21.Nobuaki Mukai(ADTTA)
22.Jose Mangaran(TEAM SHARJAH)
23.Benjo Cape(IAFTTA)
24.Navin Aidasani(Dubai Indian Club)
25.Shrinath
26.Sanjeev sharma(Dubai)
27.Ricky B. Echanes(TEAM Sharjah)
28.Morhaf Alhaidar(Dubai)
29.Bara Abughanmi
30. Pidol Adolfo(Team Sharjah)
31.Ravish Tripathi(Dubai ASTTIG)
32.Gailwin Quizon Durante(Dubai)
33.Said Mohammed AlQarni(OMAN)
34.Ghassan Al-Ghassani(OMAN)
35.Alex Castro
36.Oluyomi(OMAN) 

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Archana Kamath wins three titles at Kushalnagar

Archana Kamath won 3 titles and in the bargain won handsome prize money at the 2nd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament.

She had reached 4 finals in Sub Junior Girls, Junior Girls, Youth Girls, and Women's singles. She lost only the Junior Girls title to Spoorthi Mv of Mysore.

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Shreyal Telang bags three Table Tennis titles

Shreyal Telang won a triple crown at Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Kushalnagar. He probably created a record by winning Rs. 30000 in total (Can someone please confirm? - 25 000 prize money and 5 000 for Best Player)! Not bad for a 16 year old in less than 4 days!

In the Men's singles final, he beat experienced C K Yatheesh Ck 4-1.
(Photo: Shreyal as a kid taken earlier by media.)

Main content by Vikramadithya Shivaram.

JVPG 4 star District Ranking Table Tennis tournament starts on June 28th

The Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club 4 star combined District Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held from June 28th to July 2nd. Last date for entries 24th June. The tournament will be held under the auspices of MSDTTA.

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Soumyajit creates another landmark at the Japan Open Table Tennis Open tournament

Clearly, another landmark day in Soumyajit Ghosh's Table Tennis career!
He beat Japan's 2012 National Champion Maharu Yoshimura in a thrilling encounter in the Men's main draw at the Japan Open and then won another good match against the Swedes in the Men's doubles partnering Harmeet Desai. They are in the doubles quarterfinals now.

Here's the significance of Soumyajit's win. Yoshimura beat Mizutani (a World Top Ten player!) to win the Japanese National Championships last year. Past winners of the championships have been big names including Mizutani and now Koki Niwa in 2013.

Sharath Kamal also advanced to the Men's round of 32 with a good win. Both Soumyajit and Sharath play against Taipei players in the Singles. Sharath has a good chance against Lee Chia Sheng but Soumyajit has World no. 26 Chen Chein-An to tackle. We already know that our Bengal Tiger is fearless and will go all out against the very best.

Incidentally, in the doubles, Soumyajit and Harmeet will face the two players that Sharath and Soumyajit beat in the singles first round (Yoshimura/Jin).

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Japan Open World Tour Table Tennis - Three Indian men in main draw

Japan Open Table Tennis World Tour updates:

A Sharath Kamal is seeded directly into the main draw.
Soumyajit Ghosh and A Amalraj qualify from group matches.

All three of them have challenging 1st rounds, which will be played tomorrow. Do cheer for them. It is rare to find 3 Indian players in the main draw of a major World Tour (formerly called Pro Tour) event!

Ironically, Soumyajit Ghosh and Harmeet Desai could not advance in the Men's U 21 section. This is hardly surprising considering that the competition in every single match is cut throat. Both of them did fight it out. Soumyajit Ghosh beat the group topper and Harmeet Desai won two matches and only lost 2-3 to a top Japanese player.

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Rio Ferdinand vs Van Persie Table Tennis match.

Rio Ferdinand vs Van Persie at Table Tennis. Impressive!

The commentator says towards the end "the winner is Ping Pong"! 

Tamil Nadu State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium

The first Tamil Nadu State Ranking Table Tennis tournament is being held at SDAT Hall of Table Tennis, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from June 14 to 16. A total of over 950 players will fight for top honours and ranking points in the tournament. The total prize money is 51,000.

Nithin Thiruvengadam and T Reeth Rishya in the Men's and Women's categories. Other top players are G Sathiyan, Sivananda Seshadri, R Abhishek, Sushmit Sriram, L Satishwaran, E Prabhakaran. In the women's section, N Arul Selvi, S Narasimha Priya, V Sneha, N Vidya are taking part.

Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis in July

The 3rd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held from 4th to 7th July 2013 at Canara Union, Bangalore.

News courtesy Milind Patankar.

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Timo Boll and Ma Long playing doubles finals together at the China open

Photo courtesy the ITTF

Timo Boll and Ma Long on the same side of the table? Yes! ITTF and the Chinese TT officials, players and coaches are promoting Table Tennis in unique ways. One such recent development has been that players of two different countries have been allowed to form doubles combinations.

In the China Open, they will be playing the finals today at 4 PM local time at Changchun, China.

Incidentally, Sanil Shetty and Sharath Kamal lost 1-3 to top seeds Gao Ning and Li Hu in the same tournament at the pre-quarterfinal stage.

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Wall Street Journal on Ping Pong!

A Table Tennis article on Wall Street journal which talks about US Ping Pong legend, Marty Reisman's efforts to popularize sand paper bat play.

The Fight to Save Ping Pong - Some Players Are Trying to Add to the Game's Excitement by Going With Paddles Designed for Power Rather Than Spin

Read this article on Wall Street Journal

 

Harmeet, Sanil, Soumyajit shine at the China Open Table Tennis tournament

India's young players are not respecting World Ranked players anymore! Now, Harmeet Desai has given a great fight to Kenta Matsudaira (who was the star find of this year's World Championships), and Sanil Shetty beat much higher ranked Wu Zhikang. Soumyajit Ghosh narrowly missed winning both his group matches, losing to the World Class Alexey Smirnov in a close match. All this action is going on at the China Open.

It's just a matter of time that they will go all out and start beating the top players and break into the top 100 hopefully soon!

North Bengal Ranking Table Tennis tournament

North Bengal Table Tennis tournaments:

June 13 to 16 - North Bengal Table Tennis Academy (NBTTA) tournament (Stage I)

June 21 to 23 - Sarajani Sangha Table Tennis tournament (Stage I)

If you have information about upcoming Table Tennis tournaments in your region/state, please send it on Facebook or write to editor@tabletennisbug.com

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2nd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament at Kushalnagar

2nd Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis tournament from 20 to 23 June at Nalanda Gurukula International Public School, Kushalnagar, Mysore dist.

Info by Vikramadithya Shivaram.
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Joola Fever, Joola Carbon, Joola Express One, Joola Express Two

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Gujarat State, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournaments

Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis - at Anand, Gujarat from 20-23 June. 1st Major Ranking tournament.

Andhra Pradesh State Ranking Table Tennis - Darga Pentappa Memorial tournament from 21 to 23 June.

The 1st Rajasthan State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held at Indoor Stadium, Patel Maidan, Ajmer on 22nd and 23 June.

Last date for entries: 18 June 2013.

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Chinmay Datar and Amish Karamchandani in Pune District Ranking Table Tennis tournament finals

Tomorrow Final Table Tennis match between top seed Chinmay Datar and Amish Karamchandani at the spectacular Balewadi International stadium in Pune. The event is Men's finals. Chinmay survived a tough challenge from Advait Brahme, while Amish prevailed over Chandrashekhar Dev in the semi-finals.

Both competitors are very young and have faced each other quite a few times early in their career and have participated in the National Table Tennis championships. The interesting part is that both are just coming out of grueling study-exam schedules, got less time for practice and still made the finals with true grit! All the best! Finals are 4 PM onwards.

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As a result, the game has become faster and one needs to possess equipment which guarantees Speed and Spin. This is where Yasaka Mark V falters in our opinion. Although it is a rubber that stood the test of time and was one of the biggest selling rubbers ever, it is not capable of serving one in today's competitive environment.

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Ping Pong tournaments in the US this weekend

2013 Butterfly San Francisco Open     San Francisco    CA    5/25/2013 - 5/26/2013
Houston Spring Open     Katy    TX    5/25/2013   
Westchester 2013 May Open     Pleasantville    NY    5/25/2013 - 5/26/2013
America's Team Championship     Rockford    IL    5/25/2013 - 5/26/2013
Ararat Open 2013     Glendale    CA    5/26/2013
QTTC May Open     Quincy    MA    5/26/2013

London Table Tennis Grand Prix

The London GP that runs on 25th and 26th May at the Redbridge Sports Centre, has attracted over 200 players from everywhere.

World Championships participants are among those who will fight for the titles. In the women's section, Joanna Parker, Karina Le Fevre, Angharad Phillips, Egle Adomelyte, and others lead the seedings while the Men's stars include Gavin Rumgay, Ryan Jenkins, Chris Doran and Paul McCreery.

Table Tennis fitness training

Contrary to popular belief, Table Tennis is a highly physical sport that requires absolute fitness at the World and country level.

World ranked players spend hours in the gym and on the ground.

Zhang Jike is the World Champion again!

World Champion!

Zhang Jike beat Wang Hao in the fourth major tournament (World Championships 2011, World Cup 2011, Olympics 2012, World Championships 2013). At Paris, the score yesterday was 4-2 (11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 14-12, 5-11, 11-7).

A few years back, he was sent back from the Chinese National Ping Pong team by Liu Guoliang and relegated to the provincial team. He almost thought of quitting. But backed by his fiercely determined dad, he came back to the National team and then did the impossible. Well, he still is, because he is just 25!

Ladies and Gentleman, please put your hands together for Mr. Zhang Jike, the man who thrives on pressure. The big stage brings out the best out of him.

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Soumyajit to play against Ma Long, six Indian Table Tennis players in the Main draw at World Championships

Soumyajit Ghosh plays a dream match against Ma Long in the 1st round of the Men's singles main draw at the Paris World Table Tennis Championships.

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Soumyajit Ghosh, Amalraj, and Sharath Kamal are in the main draw at the World Table Tennis Championships! Shamini, Madhurika, and Mouma also in the main draw!

Sharath Kamal plays Carlos Machado of Spain, while Amalraj plays young Koki Niwa of Japan. Carlos is an experienced player on the World Table Tennis circuit and has entered the main draw via the gruelling qualifying groups and rounds. Carlos plays a very consistent attacking game, although with slightly lesser power. He is ranked 106 in the world.

Sharath Kamal and Soumyajit Ghosh matches start at 5:15 PM Paris time. Amalraj plays at 3 PM. None of these matches are live on the Web.

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Indian Table Tennis stars advance to the Preliminary rounds

Good news! At the Paris World Table Tennis Championships, most Indian players topped the grueling qualifying group action, young guns Soumyajit Ghosh, Sanil Shetty, Harmeet Desai advanced. Also advancing to the Preliminary rounds were Shamini, Mouma, Neha, and Madhurika.

It takes a massive amount of effort to win through and even reach the main draw of 128 players. Best of seven group matches followed by best of seven preliminary rounds. So, a player who hopes to win the Championship via the qualifying route has to win much more than 10 rounds!!! This is the reason Jorg Rosskopf, the coach of the German team feels that the World Championships are tougher than the Olympic competition for Table Tennis.

India's Sharath Kamal is already directly seeded into the main draw, where he is expected to meet Timo Boll in the 2nd round.

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